How to enter the RoSPA Awards

Whether you're new to the RoSPA Awards or aiming to enhance past successes, this is a step by step guide to explain how you can enter the RoSPA Awards for your organisation.

Which RoSPA Award category should I enter?

The first step to entering the RoSPA Awards is to choose your main entry category. The RoSPA Awards consists of three main categories, of which you only need to purchase one to enter. So what are they?

The Achievement Awards are non-competitive and are based on your organisation’s individual health and safety performance, policies and procedures. Your entry consists of answering a series of questions and providing supporting evidence to support your answers.

If you think your organisation has the highest standard of health and safety within your industry sector, the Sector Awards are for you, as they will show your organisation has the best health and safety management performance within your industry sector. These sector awards are competitive and in each industry sector there will normally be one overall winner, followed by a "highly commended" and "commended". If you’re not successful, your entry will be awarded the Merit - Gold grade achieved in the initial review.

Does your organisation have a fleet of vehicles? If so our Fleet Safety Awards, will show your stakeholders that your organisation recognises the importance of good fleet management and shows everybody how well you manage this function within your organisation.

Entries that are submitted for the Fleet Safety Awards before the first deadline will also be considered for the competitive Fleet Safety Trophy, and Fleet Safety Technology Trophy.

Once you have decided on your main entry category, add one of these categories to your basket and check out. Selecting additional FREE of charge categories take place after the purchase is completed

Choose your FREE of charge additional award categories

Next, you will need to select additional award categories to enter FREE of charge.

Every main entry is entitled to add one or more of these specialist award categories, which include:

Fleet Safety Award: Recognise excellence in the management of fleet safety and occupational road risk.
Fleet Safety Technology Award: Awarded to Fleet Award entrant demonstrating the best use of technology in fleet safety management.
Environmental Award: Recognises excellence in environmental as well as health and safety management.
Health at Work Award: Considers a range of occupational health and wellbeing themes, including the identification, assessment, monitoring and prevention of health risks, occupational hygiene and wellness at work, including mental health and wellbeing.
Distinguished Service Award: To safety professionals or campaigners who have made a long-term, sustained contribution to improving health and safety.

Health and Safety Team of the Year: The team that has great success stories of teamwork and tales of achievement against the odds, nurturing and development of employees and passion for keeping others safe.
Health and Safety Initiative of the Year: Industry-leading and innovative solutions to health and safety management.
Influencer Award: Awarded to those who have made the biggest impact to health and safety over the last 12 months.
Pride Award: Honour the stand-out efforts and achievements of individuals whose efforts have had a huge, potentially life-saving impact.
Inspiring Women in Safety: To an individual who has made a significant inspirational impact in the world of health, safety and wellbeing. This may relate to activities within the workplace, or use of their expertise beyond the workplace.

Sign into our RoSPA Awards system and complete your entry

Once you receive your login link to the awards entry platform, you can begin collecting your evidence and drafting your responses to the question set. Remember to take your time and get members of your team to review the answers. Here are some invaluable tips from our judges that will ensure you submit your best possible entry:

Stakeholder support: Make sure all key members of staff are involved within your submission.
Business impact: Write about what you’re doing well; look for great examples of health and safety practice within your organisation.
Passion: Find out your awards story and make sure it has a beginning, middle and an end; Health and Safety Awards is a reflection piece.
Evidence: Gather examples of health and safety best practice and save your documentation through the year - it makes the whole process a lot easier.
Time management: Don't underestimate the time needed to “sell yourself” – good award entries take 4-6 weeks, off and on, to complete. This includes clear descriptions of how your systems work, and evidence that shows them in action. Reflect on the last year as a team, get the entire team to contribute and get a few different people to look at it before you sign it off for submission.